Improved metal binding for oil-cloth, carpets



JOHN PIPER, OF UTICA, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 89,599 dated M ay 4, 1869.

IMPROVED METAL BINDING FOR OIL-CLOTH, CARPETS, &c.

The Schedule referredA to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

1'0 all whom it may concern.:

Be it know-u that I, JOHX. PIPER, of Utica, in the county of Oneida, undStute of New York, have invented a new and improved Mode ofPreventingWear and Destruction ofthe Edges of Oil and other Floor-Cloths; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description oitheconst-ruction of the suine, reference being hadto the annexed drawings, making u part of this specification, inwl1iel1-v Figure 1 is a perspectiveview, and

Figure 2, a vert-ical section.

The same letters of reference refer to the same parts v in therespective figures.

A is the 110er;

B, the oil-cloth, or other door-cloth;

C, a sheet-metal edging, or binding tightly enclosing the edge of suchcloth, a narrow strip or edge only, of such sheet-metal, being upon thetop or' upper surface of the cloth, which is bent over the edge, andextendsunder the said cloth, sufficientlyeyond the upper edge to allowof being fastened by The sheet-metal edging, or binding, when attachedto floor or other cloths, substantially in' the manner stated.

JOHN PIPER.

Witnesses:

IsinoRE MEYERS,

WILLIAM BECKWITH.

